Wow, this was a long day waiting for this one. Should be a good one tonight in Notre Dame Stadium.

Kickoff in about 30. We'll see how ND adjusts with the RB reps with Armstrong out.

Let's get it...go Irish

ND kicking off and Doerer puts it deep. Touchback

TFL on the first play. Stanford tried to spread them out and ND still outnumbered them in the box

Nothing on 2nd down. Good job up front and Coney was unblocked. Made the tackle

3 and 10

ND rushes four and incomplete. Nice job by Tranquill one on one on Smith. Very tight coverage, good throw, but Smith couldn't come up with it

ND starts with the ball at the 33

PA to Boykin, ran an out and a 1st down

Only about a yard on the zone to the left for Jones

2 and 9

Another zone to the right and Jones with a great read. Cut it back to set up 3 and short

Stuffed, but ND will go for it on 4th and 1

About a foot short after the measurment

ND goes heavy and the I-formation

Jones looked like he got it, but they didn't give them a good spot. Bars doubled and did not take the LB

Stanford takes over

Stanford goes to the I and runs power inside. Gets a good gain for 6

A couple on 2nd down. No space there

Khalik Kareem is down on the field. Looks like he is in a lot of pain. How about a replay?

3 and 2

Tried to throw the hitch and broken up by Troy Pride. Great break and he exploded on the ball

Stanford will punt

Finke fair catch at the 15

Inside to Jones gets a couple

Book drops back and doesn't seen anything. Takes off and moves the sticks

Jones gets 5 inside. ND gashing them over the left side. First down on the next run for about 6 of 7

They are running at Dylan Jackson (97)

PA and Book fits in the throw over top of the LB to Boykin

Book escapes the rush, but runs out for 1 yard

First carry of the year for Dex and...he gone

Touchdown Irish

45 yard touchdown

7-0 ND

Doerer kicked it deep again. Touchback

Ball dropped by Arcega-Whiteside on 1st down

Ade in for Kareem. He made the tackle on that 2nd down play

3rd and 6

Kareem back on the field. Hayes was unblocked off the edge, but he hesitated for some reason. Completed the slant to JJAW for the 1st

Hitch for 3 to Irwin

2 and 7

Swing to Love and Tranquill takes him down, but not until he got a 1st

Ball on the 50, 1 and 10

Not a ton of heavy formations early. Content to throw quick 3 step early. Slant to Irwin, another 10

Gilman aggressive on the blitz, but he was picked up. Right up the middle for a touchdown. Shouldn't happen when you are bringing a two-man blitz up the middle.

7-7

Short, high kick. Young doesn't get it out to the 20. Offside by Stanford adds 5 to the end of the run though

Dex on the counter gets a couple

Dex gets loose on the next run. Just made a guy miss in the hole

ND moving the ball on the ground with ease. Book also making good decisions not forcing anything

Looked like an RPO to Boykin to get 7 on 1st down with ND inside the 40

ND takes a shot at 2 and 3. Great play by Adebo to break it up, Claypool still almost went over the top to get it

Speed option, but pitch to Jones is short.

4 and 2

Cole Kmet with a big time grab off the play-action. Took it away from the safety.

Keep on the RPO, well covered by Stanford

2 and 10 on the Stanford 14

Swung it out to Davis after the motion and he gets 8 yards. Nice job finishing that after the catch. Great block by Claypool

3 and 2

Play-action out of I, they don't cover Weishar. Touchdown

14-7 after Yoon's extra point

Good coverage on the kickoff. Claypool came up with the tackle

Bunch to the left. They run a counter and Love gets 4.

End of 1, 2 and 6 when they come back

14-7 Irish

2 and medium, Tillery got pressure but good job by Costello going side arm to hit JJAW for the 1st

Looked like ND had Love on the stretch play, but Coney couldn't get the angle. Just straight speed there

2 and 3, RT AT Hall jumped. Flinched quite a bit on film, but not a lot of calls on him

2 and 8

Osiris St. Brown for 45. Elliott thought they were switching and got burned

2 and 1 after a PA to Irwin

Timeout Stanford with them in the red zone

Pride straight up tackles JJAW. He is saying JJAW tackled him and it honestly looked like he had a case. But on first look, definitely looked on Pride

1 and goal

Hayes great job on the pitch. A lot of guys got in to stop Love for no gain

Tranquill cuts down Love after Costello had to drop it down to him on PA. Costello missed the TE open in the end zone

3 and goal from the 5. Stanford has to take a timeout.

Fade/box out coming up

3 and goal, Love on JJAW

Just bodied him out. Touchdown. I don't know what Love is supposed to do on that play

14-14

Touchback

ND starts at the 25

A couple of runs to Dex to start this drive sets up 3 and 1. Book keeps and breaks a tackle to convert

Book tremendous feel for the rush. Avoids Gabe Reid and turns a sack into a 2 yard gain. Couldn't get away from him on 2nd down. Eichenberg beat inside. 2nd game in a row where he has been beat that way

Swing to Davis gets about 8. ND will punt

Not a great punt, but good bounce. Stanford takes over at their own 10

Okwara penetrates and forces Love to cut back into more bodies. Gain of 2

Good coverage by Coney on TE Kaden Smith. 3 and 8 huge play coming up

Coney wraps up Love to force the 3 and out. Stanford tried to catch the. Okwara again in the backfield blowing that up

Big punt by Stanford. Big return by Finke. Block in the back flips the field for Stanford

Inside to Dexter gets 2. Next one gets 10.

ND really just needs to stick with it. They are moving people off the ball

Book scrambles again. Protection has been good other than the Eichenberg sack. They dropped 8 and he took the free yards

Screen to Boykin. Nice block by Alize on the outside. Gain of 5

2 and 5

PA and slant was not there.

3 and 5

Looked like PI on Alfieri, but no call. But it was close so not a horrible call

Newsome punts it into the end zone

3:11 left in the half

Parkinson back shoulder. Great throw by Costello beats Elliott. Ball at midfield

Short hitch that Love was all over for 4. Coney almost jumps a slant to Parkinson, incomplete

3 and 6

Nothing open downfield. Wheel was covered. Tranquill all over the check down. Stanford will punt.

Almost pinned it, but they knocked it into the end zone

ND takes over at the 20

2:03 left

PA on the slant to Boykin. 1st down

Keeps and gets 3

Boykin wins on the out. Ball out so quick. 1st down

Another out to Boykin. Out of bounds stops the clock

2 and 1

Found the hole on the outside. Boykin beat the linebacker and then makes a guy miss. ND to the Stanford 11

Nothing open for book and he scrambles for a few

ND timeout with 47 seconds left

Book hits Claypool for the touchdown! Avoided the sack and improvised. Big time clutch play. Eichenberg great job on that play.

Flag on the play on Stanford, TD is good

21-14 Irish with 39 seconds left

Touchback after another deep kick

Delay of game for Stanford to start

1 and 15

Tillery with the sack. Man, long arm on Herbig. That was impressive

They run Love and ND Hayes make the play from the backside. ND takes a couple of timeouts

22 seconds left

3 and 13, false start by the left guard.

3 and 18

TFL for ND, but the clock will run out

ND gets the ball to start the 2nd half

21-14 ND

Kicked out of the end zone. ND takes over at the 25

Only a yard to Dex on 1st down

2 and 9

Book gets out of the pocket and throws it away. Pressure was coming

3 and 9

Stanford bringing the house. Dex not good on the pickup. Thrown away again.

3 and out. Pretty good punt from Newsome

Love gets 2 on 1st down up the middle

Ran the toss and Bilal got up and set the edge. Coney had the cut back. TFL for Asmar.

3 and 12

Holding on the offense, Okwara forced it. He pressured and the throw was short.

3 and out for Stanford

ND takes over at their 24 after the punt

Good patience by Dex gets 6 and then gets the first on the next one. He just knows how to get skinny.

1 yard for Dex on zone to the boundary and incomplete on the back shoulder to Boykin

3 and 9

Book buys time and finds Finke and he gets the first after the catch. They have to respect him as a runner and it's sucking up the linebackers

Left side cave and nice read by Jones to bounce it outside for a 1st

Davis too slow to hit it up on the swing. Gotta go.

3 and 10

Stanford ran a stunt and forced Book to run it up the middle. Short of the sticks, but sets up and short FG try

Good from 37

24-14 Irish

Bryce Love back to return the kick. Not a great one. A line drive, but covered well

What a rush by Kareem. Disrupted that throw and almost a pick by Elliott because of it

2 and 10

Bilal great coverage on Kaden Smith. Awesome job. Costello pressured again by Okwara

3 and 10

Okwara hit him and Hayes recovered. They called it a pick, but it hit the ground. Looked close to a fumble.

Either going to be a punt or a fumble and recovery. Probably a punt, but fantastic job by the rush. ND just killing their tackles so far this half

Another big punt. ND takes over at the 25

1 and 10

Inside zone to the right for 4. Bars got rolled up on and the DT from Stanford gave him a little extra. They are testing his knee right now. Ruhland is going to come in for Bars

Bars walking off os it might just be a sprain, but I wouldn't expect him to be back today.

2 and 6

Williams gets about 3.

3 and 3

Nothing there on the roll and Kraemer called for holding. 3 and out

ND not having the right calls to deal with these pressures

Claypool with great coverage down the field. Big kick by Newsome looked like it out kicked the coverage.

Stanford comes out with an unbalanced look and wanted to play-action, but they had a false start on one of the TEs

1 and 15

Love with a nine yard gain

2 and 6

Rush got to Costello and he threw up a duck. Picked off by Gilman, but taken away because of PI on Tranquill. It was a fair call.

1 and 10

Love all over the hitch to JJAW. Broke it up. Costello seems to be hearing the foot steps

2 and 10

Low throw to Irwin, but caught. 3 and 5

Costello hits the slant for a big play. Griffith got schooled on the great route. That was filthy

Ball on ND 28

Kareem gets in for the sack! Got the count and smoked Little. Awesome get off

2 and 16

More pressure and Tillery forces the bad throw. Okwara forced him to step up. Tranquill just missed a pick

3 and 16

Short completion just makes it a shorter FG attempt

46 yard attempt from Jet Toner (what? yes, that's his name) is good. Bad snap, good hold

24-17 ND

Touchback

1 and 10

Mack with a drop. Ugh. It was a great call on the play-action. Would have been a first down easy after the catch

Jones got rolled up on a tackle. He screamed and you know that's not good. Tough couple of series for ND with injuries

3 and 7.

Big play and Boykin comes up with it. Beat press and nice adjustment, great throw

3 and short coming up

Dexter breaks it for 17

Blitz from Okereke and Dex actually does a good job picking it up, but still pressured, Book throws it away

Screen to Dex just misses. So close. Great play by LB Branch

3 an 12 coming up to start the 4th quarter

3 and 17 after Mustipher called for an illegal snap

Give to Avery Davis and Stanford didn't have the edge, but called back on a hold by Alize. Bad body position by him

3 and 24

Book QB draw and ND will go for a 50 yard FG

Had the distance, but missed it.

24-17

Holding on Stanford's RT (Kareem)

1 and 20

Inside to Cameron Scarlett. 2 and 18

Okwara beat Hall to the inside. Tillery finishes it up. Sack

3 and 21

Okwara from the backside with the exclamation point. Baller

3 and out

Not a great punt. ND takes over at their own 42

High throw to Davis and he can't hold on the screen. Probably better it was incomplete to be honest.

2 and 10

Dex only gets 1, just missed breaking a tackle

3 and 9

Out to Boykin, it's a 1st. Horrible spot by ref. They will review this. (They overturned it. 1st down)

Bryce Love walking to the locker room. He got rolled up on by Okwara

1 and 10

Dex gets 3 inside.

2 and 7

RPO to Finke and he breaks a tackle and gets a 1st. Claypool with another good block.

2 and 10 after an almost epic catch by Boykin

9:41 left in the 4th

Dex gets them to 3 and 3

Slant to Claypool and they move the sticks. Ball was out quick and on the money

1 and 10

Dex carries Alfieri for 9 yards.

Then an RPO to Boykin for the touchdown. Finke and Claypool own those DBs

31-17 Irish

8:16 to go

Deep kick. Touchback

1 and 10

Coney read Costello and picked it off! Big time reading the out.

Unsportsmanlike conduct on him for him celebrating too much after, but let him celebrate. Big time play by a big time player

Throwback to Alize and touchdown! Sudden change!

Great call. Wide open. Alize leaked out

38-17 Irish!!!!!!!!!!

Let's gooooooooo!!!!!!

Kicked out of the end zone

8:02 to go

Tillery sack and ball is out. Recovered by Stanford. This is bloodbath with the pass rush now. Stunt got them

Tillery beat the right guard straight up. Push pull. Sack....is this real life?

Kareem limping off now, but he's been playing hurt all game and still ballin

3rd and 28

Stanford goes heavy and settles for a run up the middle and a punt

Finke fair catch at the ND 38 with 5:57 to go

Davis run inside for 5.

Next play there was a facemask on Stanford, There was a Davis fumble, but the facemask caused it.

Jahmir Smith in the game gets a carry. ND just letting the clock run down right now

Davis fumbled, this time for real. ND recovered, though.

3 and 6

3:17 left, BK calls a timeout to avoid the delay of game

Book pulls a Favre and flips it to Smith for a first down.

Smith gets another first down and it's over

38-17...what a finish by the Irish

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